@harrylitman.bsky.social
Host & exec prod, "Talking Feds Pod" and "Talking San Diego." FCA Lawyer. Teach con law at UCSD & UCLA. Senior Fellow USC. Former US Atty, Dep Assis AG. Founding Contributor, The Contrarian
@harrylitman.bsky.socialThat and “I was actually working against him from the inside.”
@harrylitman.bsky.socialFrom eminent child psychiatrist @jonathanslater.bsky.social:
“Blaming screens is a convenient way to avoid harder,deeper issues: inadequate mental health care and a system that chronically underfunds treatment.”
I’m a Child Psychiatrist. Screens Are Not the Problem. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...
@harrylitman.bsky.social"There rarely is much of a mystery behind Trump’s authoritarian impulses, and there isn’t here." My latest:
@harrylitman.bsky.socialObviously the shooting preempts my appearance on @lauracoates.com (who by the way is killing it in her live coverage of the shooting). I’m sitting in the studio watching it with everyone else. More on Cassidy Hutchinson later.
@harrylitman.bsky.socialPlus the clear dynamic is ICE as rogue agency and NYPD trying to keep the peace.
@harrylitman.bsky.social7 shots fired. 4 pm in afternoon. At a car with 5-year old in it. Can’t use deadly force except in response to imminent threat of death of serious bodily injury. As in, from what we know, a blatantly illegal shooting. That’s without regard to victim’s criminal record. 7 Shots Fired.
@harrylitman.bsky.social“We want ICE out of the city. All they do is terrorize the city.” This is going to go big
@harrylitman.bsky.socialHoly crap. NYC man shot by masked ICE agents and whisked away. 5 year old in car, street crowded w/ families & children. Mamdani now speaking, calls it an outrage. Remember: can't use deadly force w/o imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury. ICS "sows chaos and terror across our country."
@harrylitman.bsky.socialThe next quarry for Trump's reprisal prosecution spree: Cassidy Hutchinson. Beyond outrageous. Chances of a conviction here are nil, and there are ways in which it could really come back to bite the Administration. Looking forward to discussing on @cnn.com with @lauracoates.com at 11:30 PM, on set!
@harrylitman.bsky.socialNot sure if it can get more nasty and repulsive than attempted indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson, which has great potential for backfiring on Blanche and DOJ. Looking forward to discussing, along w/ CNN et al injunction, on @deadlinewh.bsky.social w/ guest host @alexwagner.bsky.social at 4:20 PM ET.
@harrylitman.bsky.socialWe forget about the stories as the media glare moves to the latest outrage. I am in DC for the week, and the National Guard is still a presence on the streets. Especially jarring in the nations capital, like an occupying force.
@harrylitman.bsky.socialCHANGE OF TIME for Q&A -- sorry, folks. It'll now be at 5pm ET/2pm PT today. Join us on Substack!
@harrylitman.bsky.socialTODAY at 4pm ET/1pm PT I'll be on the
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@harrylitman.bsky.socialRepublicans have a huge cash advantage, but they're finding out that money only goes so far. Here's @dgraham.bsky.social on this week's roundtable, talking about watching Rs set $$$ on fire.
Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc5b...
@harrylitman.bsky.socialJudge Kelly about to convene hearing on motion by CNN et al to enjoin Trump's yanking of passes because he doesn't like what they broadcast -- raw viewpoint discrimination. Looking forward to discussing on set on @msnowreports.bsky.social with @peteralexandertvs.bsky.social at 11:35 AM ET.
@harrylitman.bsky.socialI’ve been away this week, but in my absence @jonathanalter.bsky.social, @dgraham.bsky.social, and @mollyjongfast.bsky.social got together for a great roundtable about Republicans giving up on key races, potential stumbling blocks for Dems, and violent rants from a muddled Trump. Don’t miss it:
@harrylitman.bsky.socialThe Supreme Court begins its term with public confidence in it at a nadir. And Trump still jerking CNN, Politico, and MS around, excluding Politico from the plane and therefore its role as pool rep today. Looking forward to discussing on @cnn w/ @lauracoates.com on set at 11:40 PM ET.
@harrylitman.bsky.social"An American polity increasingly turning against Trump has started to connect the degradations of his presidency to the Court that enabled many of them."
@harrylitman.bsky.social“...in the court’s polite idiom, the government took a whupping. Nearly all observers, including me, anticipate an opinion permitting Boasberg to resume his contempt investigation.”
@harrylitman.bsky.socialFlooding the air waves at a location near you, paid for by you with public money: Yet-to-be-aired spots include a trio of ads highlighting the US military and operations in Iran and Venezuela, one called “God Made Trump” and another recapping the UFC fight he hosted at the White House.
